Parental Attitudes on Preschool Children’s Mobile Device Use and Parent-Child Relationship
- Institution: Kütahya Dumlupınar University, Türkiye
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9593-5305
- Institution: Kütahya Dumlupınar University, Türkiye
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2947-5643
- Institution: Kütahya Health Sciences University, Türkiye
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1989-1339
- Year of publication: 2024
- Source: Show
- Pages: 59-73
- DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/tner.2024.77.3.05
- PDF: tner/202403/tner7705.pdf
Mobile devices bring new solutions and opportunities as well as challenges for family relationships. We examined the association between parents’ attitudes towards preschool children’s mobile device usage habits (PAT) and parent–child relationship (PCRI) and tested whether this association is dependent on parent characteristics. The results showed that there is no correlation between the total scores of PAT and PCRI. On the other hand, PCRI was moderately correlated with three subscales of PAT (the subscales of Distraction, Control, and Information). Further, we found out the potential influence of parent sex on parental attitude and parental educational level on the parent-child relationship.
